Very interesting interview of Ron Paul by Moyers in October 2002
which provides objective analysis of what Congress knew at that
time and why they were leaning toward the war, largely by
republicans to "support our (republican) President"! What, no
principles? Listen and see for yourself, every Congressional
representative had as much information and knowledge as Paul who
states that Saddam "had no airforce, no navy, and was even able
to shoot down any of our planes in 12 years....making him into
Hitler who would threaten the middle east was a stretch". Paul
starts by telling Moyers that he has no new information that
would prevent him from opposing the war. (Note: this, however,
was before the most deceitful State of the Union Address,
perhaps, since 1942. [see Day of Deceit]). Thus, blind partisan
loyalty and the Israeli lobby pushed the war without just cause,
CONTRARY TO THE KNOWN FACTS. Until Bush's infamous State of
Union speech the issue was clearly languishing and the neocon
led administration became desparate for some "new intelligence"
that could be "fixed around the policy" to go regardless of the
facts. The rest is history.

Paul also discusses the "just war theory of Christianity" which
prevented him from approving war that lacked the just cause of
self defense or imminent threat. Thus Ron Paul refutes the
desires of a Christian-feigning President (a big act early in
the administration to gain support for war) who lacks Christian
principles or those only consistent with imperialist Catholic
Popes and Pontiffs of the "Holy Roman Empire" and its tyrannical
Crusades.